As a social media junkie, I spend countless hours surfing through hundreds of profile pages on different platforms. In the wake of COVID-19 and rising raci
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I’ll Believe Y’all Are Serious About Black Lives Mattering When You Send More of Our Kids to College Instead of Prison
If you believe that Black lives do matter, you’ll advocate for and invest in the quality of Black students’ education and their experience in a system that seeks to diminish them.
Read MoreHere’s How COVID-19 Is Hurting Aspiring Teachers of Color and Three Ways We Can Fix It
A growing body of evidence demonstrates the valuable role that teachers of color play in our schools, but COVID-19 could shrink their ranks—and may have al
Read MoreWe Didn’t Walk at Graduation, But That’s the Least of the Challenges We’ve Overcome
On May 28th, my fellow classmates and I graduated from KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate, part of a K-12 charter public school network in Lynn, Massachusetts. I
Read MoreFrom Kindergarten to High School, Schools Show They Don’t Give a Damn About Black Lives
Across the globe, millions of people are protesting police brutality and systemic racism in response to the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna
Read MoreEducators, Don’t Be Loud in the Streets, But Silent in the Schools
Amid the horror and sadness of the murder of unarmed Black people at the hands of police officers, we are seeing the coming together of people of all races
Read MoreLet’s Stand Up for Justice and Take Police Officers Out of Our Schools
If I had a teacher like you, I don’t think I would be here. Why do you say that? Because you care. I will never forget these words, spoken to me by an 18-y
Read MoreQ&A: Zakiya Sankara-Jabar on Why Now Is the Perfect Time for #SeekingChildJustice
“I want to protect my children from the system that destroyed my parents.” That’s Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, National Director of Activism at brightbeam, my new
Read MoreCulturally Relevant Teaching Isn’t ‘Indoctrination.’ It’s The First Step Toward Justice.
Back in 2018, I was really fed up with the major incidents of discrimination and hatred going on around the country. (Remember Charlottesville? Or when two
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